Sunetra Pawar elected NCP national president

NEW DELHI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) connected Thursday formally elected Maharashtra lawman main curate Sunetra Pawar arsenic its caller nationalist president, astir a period aft the decease of her husband, Ajit Pawar, who held some positions astatine the time.

Ajit Pawar died successful a backstage level clang successful his hometown of Baramati connected January 28. The clang besides claimed the lives of his idiosyncratic information officer, some pilots, and a formation attendant, leaving nary survivors.On January 31, the NCP unanimously elected Sunetra Pawar arsenic the person of its legislative party, different presumption wherever she succeeded Ajit. Hours later, she was sworn successful arsenic Maharashtra’s lawman main minister.

With six presumption the precocious NCP brag was the state’s longest-serving lawman CM.Sunetra Pawar made her electoral debut successful the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, contesting the Baramati spot against Ajit’s cousin, Supriya Sule, who retained the constituency—a longtime stronghold of the Pawar family—winning her 4th consecutive term.The NCP subsequently nominated Sunetra Pawar to the Rajya Sabha. To proceed arsenic lawman CM, she has six months to unafraid predetermination arsenic a Maharashtra MLA.